| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. | 1A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. |
| 2The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. | 2They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth. |
| 3Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them. | 3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. |
| 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us. | 4We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. |
| 5How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long will this go on, O LORD? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire? |
| 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. | 6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! |
| 7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place. | 7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home. |
| 8Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low. | 8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! |
| 9Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake! | 9Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! |
| 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed. | 10Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations! |
| 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die; | 11Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! |
| 12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. | 12Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! |
| 13So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations. | 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. |
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